List of donkey breeds
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List of domestic donkey breeds
This is a very incomplete list of domestic donkeyDonkey
The donkey or ass, Equus africanus asinus, is a domesticated member of the Equidae or horse family. The wild ancestor of the donkey is the African Wild Ass, E...
breeds. It does not include species and subspecies of wild donkey or other similar equids.
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| Abkhazskaya | Russian Federation | ||
| Abyssinian Donkey | Ethiopia | – | |
| Asino Albino | Albino Donkey | Sardinia | see Asinara donkey |
| Algerian | Algeria | ||
| American Spotted Donkey | American Spotted Donkey | USA | – see Spotted Donkey |
| American Mammoth Jack American Mammoth Jack The American Mammoth Donkey, commonly known as the Mammoth Jack, or American Mammoth Jack is a descendant of multiple breeds of donkey imported to the United States. Breeds that influenced the Mammoth Jack include the Maltese donkey, Poitou donkey , Andalusian donkey, Majorcan donkey, and... |
American Mammoth Jack American Mammoth Jack The American Mammoth Donkey, commonly known as the Mammoth Jack, or American Mammoth Jack is a descendant of multiple breeds of donkey imported to the United States. Breeds that influenced the Mammoth Jack include the Maltese donkey, Poitou donkey , Andalusian donkey, Majorcan donkey, and... |
USA | Also called "Mammoth Jackstock" or "Mammoth donkey"; developed from a blend of Maltese, Poitou, Andalusian, Majorcan, and Catalonian breeds |
| Anatolian | Turkey | ||
| Âne Africain | Central African Republic, Chad | ||
| Âne de Provence | Provence donkey Provence donkey The Provence donkey is a unique breed of donkey originating from the Basse-Provence, Haute-Provence and Dauphine regions of France. The breed was developed by shepherds in that region to aid them in their sheep tending duties and seasonal migrations between grazing areas.The breed is also known as... |
France | Provence Provence Provence ; Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of south eastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur... |
| Âne des Pyrénées | Pyrenean donkey | France | Aquitaine Aquitaine Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes... , Midi Pyrénées, Languedoc Roussillon; also called Gascon; similar to Catalonian but smaller |
| Âne du Bourbonnais | France | ||
| Âne du Cotentin | France | ||
| Âne du Gourma | Mali | ||
| Âne du Miankala | Mali | ||
| Âne du plateau Dogon | Mali | ||
| Âne du Sahel | Mall | ||
| Âne du Yatenga | Mali | ||
| Âne Grand Noir du Berry | Berry Black | France | former province of Berry Berry (province) Berry is a region located in the center of France. It was a province of France until the provinces were replaced by départements on 4 March 1790.... ; derived from Catalonian |
| Âne locale | Madagascar | ||
| Âne Normand | France | ||
| Âne Petit Gris du Berry | Berry Grey | France | extinct |
| Ânes | Togo | ||
| Âne wallon | Belgium | ||
| Anger | Iran | ||
| Armyanskaya | Armenia | ||
| Asin | Niger | ||
| Asino dell’Asinara | Asinara donkey | Italy | critically endangered; indigenous to the Isola dell'Asinara Asinara Asinara is an Italian island of in area. The name is Italian for "donkey-inhabited", but it is thought to derive from the Latin "sinuaria", and meaning sinus-shaped. The island is virtually uninhabited. The census of population of 2001 lists one man. The island is located off the north-western... , Sardinia Sardinia Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],... |
| Asino Argentato di Sologno | Italy | – | |
| Asino Baio Lucano | Italy | – | |
| Asino dell’Amiata | Italy | Monte Amiata Monte Amiata Mount Amiata is the largest of the lava domes in the Amiata lava dome complex located about 20 km NW of Lake Bolsena in the southern Tuscany region of Italy.-Geology:... , province of Grosseto Province of Grosseto The Province of Grosseto is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Grosseto.-Geography:It has an area of 4,504 km², and a total population of 227.498... , Tuscany Tuscany Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence .... |
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| Asino dell'Irpinia | Italy | extinct; provinces of Benevento Province of Benevento The Province of Benevento is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Benevento.It has an area of 2,071 km², and a total population of 289,455... and Avellino Province of Avellino The Province of Avellino is a province in the Campania region of Italy. The area is typified by many small towns and villages scattered across the province; in fact only two towns have a population over 20,000; its capital city Avellino and Ariano Irpino.... |
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| Asino di Martina Franca | Italy | Martina Franca Martina Franca Martina Franca is a town and comune in the province of Taranto, Apulia , Italy. It is the second most populated city of the province after Taranto.... and neighbouring areas in south-east Murgia Murgia Murgia is a sub-region of Apulia in southern Italy, corresponding to a karst topographic plateau of rectangular shape, occupying the central area of the region. The name stems from the Latin murex, meaning "sharp stone".... , in the provinces of Bari Province of Bari The Province of Bari is a province in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Bari.It has an area of 5,138 km², and a total population of 1,594,109 . There are 48 comuni in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Bari... , Taranto Province of Taranto The Province of Taranto is a province in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Taranto.It has an area of 2,437 km², and a total population of 580,588... and Brindisi Province of Brindisi The Province of Brindisi is a province in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Brindisi. Surrounded by vineyards and artichoke fields, Brindisi is a major sailing port for the southern part of Italy.... in Puglia |
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| Asino di Sant'Alberto | Italy | extinct; provinces of Forlì and Cesena | |
| Asino di Castel Morrone Asino di Castel Morrone The Asino di Castel Morrone is an extinct breed of donkey from the Province of Caserta in the Italian region of Campania. Muscular and broad-backed, the animal was widely used as a means of transport in the stony hills of the district around Castel Morrone, as well as a beast of burden... |
Italy | probably extinct; around Castel Morrone Castel Morrone Castel Morrone is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 35 km north of Naples and about 6 km north of Caserta... in the Province of Caserta Province of Caserta The Province of Caserta is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Caserta. The former royal palace of Caserta is located near to the city.It has an area of 2,639 km², and a total population of 879,342... (Campania Campania Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country... ) |
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| Asino Emiliano | Italy | extinct | |
| Asino Grigio Siciliano | Italy | Sicily Sicily Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,... |
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| Asino Pantesco or Asino di Pantelleria | Italy | from the island of Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria , the ancient Cossyra, is an Italian island in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, southwest of Sicily and just east of the Tunisian coast. Administratively Pantelleria is a comune belonging to the Sicilian province of Trapani... , Sicily |
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| Asino Pugliese | Italy | Puglia; regional variants include the Asino delle Marche, Asino della Basilicata and Asino Leccese | |
| Asino Ragusano | Italy | from Ragusa Ragusa, Italy Ragusa is a city and comune in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Ragusa, on the island of Sicily, with around 75,000 inhabitants. It is built on a wide limestone hill between two deep valleys, Cava San Leonardo and Cava Santa Domenica... in Sicily, and neighbouring areas |
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| Asino Romagnolo | Italy | from Emilia–Romagna | |
| Asino Sardo | Italy | from Sardinia | |
| Asino Sardo Grigio Crociato | Italy | from Sardinia | |
| Crio|in | Cuba | ||
| Asno | Chile | ||
| Asno Americana | Cuba | ||
| Asno Andaluz | Andalusian donkey Andalusian donkey The Andalusian donkey is a native Spanish breed donkeys native to Córdoba in Andalusia, also called "Donkey of Lucena Breed" because this town is its origin. It is considered the Oldest of the European breeds, with some 3,000 years, and is threatened with extinction.-Features:It is a large breed in... |
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| Asno Balear | Spain | ||
| Asno Criollo | Venezuela | ||
| Asno de las Encartaciones | Spain | ||
| Ass | Pakistan | ||
| Australian Donkey | Australia | ||
| Barockesel | Austrian-hungarian white Donkey | Austria | |
| Azerbaidzhanskaya | Azerbaijan | ||
| Baudet de Poitou Baudet de Poitou The Baudet de Poitou is a breed of donkey originating in the Poitou region of France. One of the most distinctive donkey breeds, it is also among the rarest and least-known... |
France | the Poitou Poitou Poitou was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers.The region of Poitou was called Thifalia in the sixth century.... Donkey breed was developed for the sole purpose of producing mule Mule A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. Horses and donkeys are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes. Of the two F1 hybrids between these two species, a mule is easier to obtain than a hinny... s. It is a large donkey breed with a very long shaggy coat and no dorsal stripe |
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| Benderi | Iran | – | |
| Biyang | China | – | |
| Black | Jordan | – | |
| Bourik | Haiti | – | |
| Brasil | Venezuela | – | |
| Bulgaro | Venezuela | – | |
| Burro Burro The burro is a small donkey used primarily as a pack animal. In addition, significant numbers of feral burros live in the Southwestern United States, where they are protected by law, and in Mexico... |
Burro | Mexico, Nicaragua, USA |
small donkey of Mexico and the USA seen in both domesticated and feral states; some feral burros in the western United States are protected by federal law |
| Burro Criollo | El Salvador | ||
| Burro Kentucky | El Salvador, Honduras | ||
| Caninde | Brazil | ||
| Cardao I | Brazil | ||
| Cariovilli | Italy | extinct; province of L'Aquila Province of L'Aquila thumb|left|200px|Map of the province.The Province of L'Aquila is the largest, most mountainous and least densely populated province of the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It comprises about half the landmass of Abruzzo and occupies the western part of the region... in Abruzzo Abruzzo Abruzzo is a region in Italy, its western border lying less than due east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east... |
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| Castelmorone | Italy | extinct; province of Caserta Province of Caserta The Province of Caserta is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Caserta. The former royal palace of Caserta is located near to the city.It has an area of 2,639 km², and a total population of 879,342... in Campania Campania Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country... |
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| Catalana | Catalan donkey Catalan donkey -History:The Catalan donkey is a subspecies of the donkeys from which the donkeys of the middle east and Europe originated. The Catalan donkey is related to the donkey of Mallorca and the zamorano-llionés donkey... |
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| Chigetai | Kazakhstan | ||
| China North | China | ||
| Comune | Albania | ||
| Creole | Guyana | ||
| Criollo | Peru | ||
| Cyprus | Cyprus, Serbia | ||
| Dagestanskaya | Russian Federation | ||
| Damascus | Israel, Syrian Arab Republic | ||
| Dezhou | China | ||
| Domaci balkanski magarac | Serbia | ||
| Dongolawl | Sudan | ||
| Donkey | Afghanistan | ||
| Donkey | Ireland | ||
| Donkey | Saint Kitts and Nevis | ||
| Donkey | Uganda | ||
| Egypt Baladi | Egypt | ||
| Egyptian | Egypt | ||
| English Donkey | Australia | ||
| Etbai | Sudan | ||
| Ezel | Netherlands | ||
| Georgian Ass | Georgia | ||
| Grand Noir de Berry, see | Berry Black | - | - |
| Green | Barbados | ||
| Grey | Suriname | ||
| Grigio Viterbese | Italy | extinct; province of Viterbo Province of Viterbo The Province of Viterbo is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Viterbo. It is bordered to the north by the Province of Grosseto and Siena, by the north-east with the Province of Terni and Rieti, in the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea and south by the Province of Rome.It... in Lazio |
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| Guangling | China | ||
| Guanzhong | China | ||
| Hamadan | Iran, Russian Federation | ||
| Hassawi | Egypt | ||
| Hmar Malti | Maltese donkey | Malta | – |
| Huaibei | China | ||
| Indian | India | ||
| Indian Wild Ass | India | ||
| Iranian | Iran | ||
| Iranian Onager | Iran | ||
| lrish Donkey | Australia | ||
| lstarski rnagarac | Croatia | ||
| Italian | Serbia | ||
| Jack Norteamericano | Venezuela | ||
| Jiami | China | ||
| Jirnrna | Ethiopia | ||
| Jinnan | China | ||
| Kakhetinskaya | Russian Federation | ||
| Karakaçan | Turkey | ||
| Kara-Kalpakskaya | Uzbekistan | ||
| Karpass donkey Karpass donkey The Karpass donkey is an endangered species of donkey native to the Karpass Peninsula of Cyprus. In 2008, a group of Greek and Turkish Cypriots organized to save the animal from extinction after several were found shot to death.... |
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| Kashan | Iran | ||
| Kassala | Eritrea | ||
| Kazakhskaya | Kazakhstan | ||
| Khulan | Mongolia | ||
| Kiang | India | ||
| Kirgizskaya | Kyrgyzstan | ||
| Kulan | Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan | ||
| Kulun I China | |||
| Liangzhou | China | ||
| Libyan | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | ||
| Linxian | China | ||
| Majorcan donkey | – | – | |
| Majorera | Spain | ||
| Mammoth Jack Stock | United States of America | see American Mammoth Jack | |
| Mannar | Sri Lanka | ||
| Maryisltaya | Turkmenistan | ||
| Masai | Kenya, Tanzania | ||
| Masri | Egypt | ||
| Merzifon I Turkey | |||
| Meskhet-Dzhavakhetskaya | Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan | ||
| Miniature | United States of America | or Miniature Mediterranean Donkey | |
| Moldavian Local | Moldova, Republic of | ||
| Moroccan | Morocco | ||
| Mula | Venezuela | ||
| Muscat | Tanzania | ||
| National Genatic | Yemen | ||
| Native of North Africa | Mali, Mauritania, Senegal | ||
| Nordestina | Brazil | ||
| Nubian wild Ass | Ethiopia | ||
| Ogaden | Ethiopia | ||
| Paulista | Brazil | ||
| Pega | Brazil | ||
| Peruano | Venezuela | ||
| Poitevin | France | see Baudet de Poitou | |
| Primorsko dinarski magarac | Croatia | ||
| Puttalam Buruwa | Sri Lanka | ||
| Qinghai | China | ||
| Qinqyang | China | ||
| Qirmani | Yemen | ||
| Qubressy | Jordan | ||
| Riffawi | |||
| Romanian Ass | Romania | ||
| Saidi | Egypt | ||
| Sennar | Ethiopia | ||
| Shanbei | China | ||
| Sibbianl | Yemen | ||
| Sjeverno jadranski magarac | Croatia | ||
| Somali | Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, Yemen | ||
| Somali Wild Ass | Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia | ||
| South-west | Chlna | ||
| Spotted | United States of America | ||
| Standard | United States of America | ||
| Subei | China | ||
| Sudanese Pack | Sudan | ||
| Syrian | Israel, Syrian Arab Republic | ||
| Syrian Wild Ass | Syrian Arab Republic | ||
| Tadzhikskaya | Tajikistan | ||
| Taihang | China | ||
| Tibetan | China, Nepal | ||
| Toposa | Sudan | ||
| Tswana | Botswana | ||
| Tunisian | Tunisia | ||
| Turkmenskaya | Turkmenistan | ||
| Uzbekskaya | Uzbekistan | ||
| Xinjiang | China | ||
| Yangyuan | China | ||
| Yunnan | China | ||
| Zamorano-Leonés | Spain | ||